I personally hate Simulated Reality based games because they defy logic and the past data and are completely random. I have seen certain players losing to some opponents against whom they have never lost in real life.
Look, I am not against simulated gambling but they are charging the same house edge as of real sports and the gambling itself is more like casino where the result is random. Why would you play casino at such a high house edge? I would rather roll the dice at 1% house edge than bet on a simulated game that has the same mechanism but charges 8% or so house edge. Plus the casino game is at least provably fair while simulated is never fair not played in real.
I honestly agree with you, simulated reality can never be compared to real reality, aside all you've said, simulated reality games also appears really boring to me, because they are a direct opposite of what the real games are, this is one of the reasons I rather be in the stadium watching the match live than watch it on TV, I even wonder how simulated reality games became a form of sports.
It is like we compare the online gambling to the real world gambling. Real world gambling is still more enjoyable because you can see a real crowd inside the casino but in online, your the only one that plays in your room. You can't do anything for now because the pandemic hit us and people are now restricted to go to the crowded areas.
Simulated reality games are not a sports but they can be a collection of sports games. A real definition of sports is something that it is played on the real world. With that explanation of @stepwilli above, this will give gamblers a new reason to avoid this game. I feel bad for those who invented this game.
And also, just want to point out also that there are pros and cons of online casinos.
But people realize a lot of its benefits during this pandemic period, and some are still appreciating those benefits up until today.
Well, there are definitely pros and cons to both online and offline casinos, and for the online casinos, you already mentioned one which is that its open even during the pandemic, and like you said, people appreciate this and I believe online casinos are already here to stay, whether pandemic or no pandemic, I can bet my balls that online casinos make far more money than offline casinos this days and I believe this will continue even after the pandemic is permanently gone, and one other pros I see in online casinos is its broadness and unlimitedness, this is a situation where an online casinos who's physical office is based in USA, has millions of users around the globe, this is the power of the internet.
Too bad too that this is a con for offline casinos, because their analogy style limits them from getting customers around the world, but the pro here is that, offline casinos are more enjoyable than online casinos, the only joy in online casino is when one wins a bet.
But in this, I still prefer reality over visual, this is one of the reasons I hate NFTs and will never buy them with my money, if you find an NFTs or NFTs in my wallet, know it I got them for free.